How To Install python-unbound on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-unbound
on Debian 9.
What is python-unbound
python-unbound is:
Python extension module for libunbound.
libunbound performs and validates DNS lookups; it can be used to convert hostnames to IP addresses and back and obtain other information from the DNS. Cryptographic validation of results is performed with DNSSEC.
There are three methods to install python-unbound
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python-unbound Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-unbound
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-unbound
Install python-unbound Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-unbound
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-unbound
Install python-unbound Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install python-unbound
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-unbound
How To Uninstall python-unbound on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-unbound
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-unbound
Uninstall python-unbound And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-unbound
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-unbound
Remove python-unbound Configurations and Data
To remove python-unbound
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-unbound
Remove python-unbound configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-unbound
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-unbound
Dependencies
python-unbound have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-unbound
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.